Twitter roundup: What LSU football players posted about Alabama-Clemson

BATON ROUGE, La. — You weren’t the only person watching the national championship game between Alabama and Clemson last night. Plenty of LSU football players tuned in along with you.

Unsurprisingly, some of LSU football’s more outspoken players had opinions about what they saw. Some commented on the football that was played. Some used the opportunity to mock their rivals for losing. And still some others used the occasion to lament how this could’ve been LSU’s year.

Here’s a collection of some of the most notable tweets, with captions for explanation where necessary.

Lewis Neal likes Crying Jordan memes

After Alabama’s loss, no current or former LSU football player seemed to take more joy in Alabama’s pain than graduated senior defensive end Lewis Neal.

Neal clogged up newsfeeds everywhere with a barrage of Crying Jordan memes. If you’re not familiar with Crying Jordan, you’re probably not on Twitter much. Learn yourself. Anyway, on to the memes.

What about the actual game?

No one understands football better than football players. Some guys channeled their inner analyst and summed up the events they saw in 140 characters or less. And some guys just reiterated the obvious.

But, either way, it was pretty fun to follow the color commentary online. Let’s start with one from Derrius Guice.